Recently I looked back at photos of the 2003 NBA draft, and frankly, Dwyane Wade’s oversize navy suit could have been worse. The underrated 21-year-old from Marquette University looked conservative and unassuming—like a kid trying not to make too much noise. But in the past three years, the seven-time All-Star and 2006 NBA Finals MVP has cranked up the volume both on and off the court. His style especially has grown more experimental, flamboyant even. Still, I never saw this revelation coming: “Three years ago I was like, ‘Man, I kind of want to paint my toenails black,’ ” Wade tells me. We’re on-set at a Manhattan photo studio right now his feet are covered by striped Paul Smith socks and size 14 Jordans. “At first I thought, ‘Nah, I can’t do that. They’re going to kill me.’ But eventually I decided to try it.” He went to Miami’s Mondrian hotel and asked a shocked pedicurist to give him the Marilyn Manson treatment. “Later I was on vacation in the Bahamas with LeBron,” Wade says, laughing, “and when he saw my toes he was like, ‘Something is seriously wrong with you.’ But eventually Bron was like, ‘You know what? You’re crazy, but that’s just you.’ When I first got into the league, I tried to fit in. Now I don’t care.”
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